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Smithway Founder Dies
FORT DODGE, Iowa, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Smithway Motor Xpress Corp.
announced with sadness today the death of William G. Smith, the Company's
long-time President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. As previously
announced, Mr. Smith had been undergoing treatment for leukemia.
Mr. Smith had been employed by the Company since 1958 and had been a member of
the Company's Board of Directors since 1972. Under Mr. Smith's leadership, the
Company became one of the region's largest employers. Mr. Smith was very proud
of the Company's employees and valued his relationship with them.
Mr. Smith was deeply touched by the many expressions of concern and sympathy
expressed by current and former employees, as well as many friends and industry
contacts, during his illness.
Mr. Smith was very active in the transportation industry, including his tenure
as President of the Iowa Motor Truck Association. He was widely recognized as a
key industry figure.
Mr. Smith will be remembered for his character, vision and leadership. He was
universally respected as a decent, caring man of great integrity.
Funeral services are pending with arrangements being made with Gunderson Funeral
Home & Cremation Services, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
Smithway is a truckload carrier that hauls diversified freight nationwide,
concentrating primarily on the flatbed segment of the truckload market. Its
Class A Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol
"SMXC."
DATASOURCE: Smithway Motor Xpress Corp.
CONTACT: Press, G. Larry Owens, Executive Vice President, Chief
Administrative Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Smithway Motor Xpress
Corp., +1-515-576-7418
Web site: http://www.smxinc.com/